Poll: Majority of Democrats want to ditch Electoral College
By Jessie Hellmann - 11/17/16 06:17 PM EST
As Hillary Clinton continues to surge in the popular vote, a new poll released Thursday shows the majority of Americans, particularly Democrats, are in favor of abolishing the Electoral College.
The Huffington Post/YouGov Poll finds 66 percent of Democrats favor scrapping the Electoral College in favor of a popular vote system for election the president.
Republicans, meanwhile, are much less likely to favor a popular vote - only 13 percent said they would want Congress to amend the Constitution so the candidate who receives the most total votes nationwide wins the election.
It is unsurprising that Democrats are more likely to favor a popular vote method of voting.
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